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VOL. 32 No. 7
Bill Elliott stands by a grand fir that grows in one of his fields.
Pesticide Regs Tighten Under New Act
BY JACK HUBLEY
LANCASTER - It’s official. On
Dec. 12, Gov. Dick Thornburgh
signed the new Pennsylvania
Pesticide Control Act as amended
by Senate Bill 1445.
Farmers and agribusinesses
have 90 days from the date of that
signing to learn to live with
legislation that basically reflects
the public’s growing concern about
the potential effects of pesticides
on human and environmental
health.
John Longenecker of the the
state Department of Agriculture’s
Bureau of Plant Industry, was in
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Lancaster on Tuesday to introduce
farmers to some of the changes on
the way. Longenecker was one of
the featured speakers at the
Organic Plant Food Company’s
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at the Holiday Inn, east of Lan
caster.
Longenecker outlined the trend
toward more restrictive pesticide
regulations by listing some of the
pesticides that were changed to
restricted-use status this year.
Joining the list as of Sept. 1 were
eight granular insecticides, in
cluding Counter, Thimet, Mocap,
Disyston, Dyfonate, Dasanit,
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Temik and Furadan. Use of the
com herbicide Bladex also became
restricted in September, and Lasso
is currently under review for
possible inclusion in the restricted
use category for 1987, according to
Longenecker.
In November, materials used as
wood preservatives were placed on
the restricted-use list.
“I suspect if this trend continues,
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RCMA Meeting Set
For Harrisburg
WILKES-BARRE - The
Regional Cooperative Marketing
Agency will hold an informational
structural meeting on Monday,
Dec. 22 at the Farm Show Building
in Harrisburg.
Scheduled for Room B at 1 p.m.,
the meeting will put together an
organization that can move the
program along, according to
Harold Ely, Pennsylvania’s
chairman. Richard Grubb, Penn
sylvania secretary of agriculture,
Arthur Little, acting , represen
tatives of the major cooperatives
in Pennsylvania and New York
State officials will be on hand to
answer questions and aid in the
organization.
Rabies Law Signed;
Effective In 60 Days
HARRISBURG - Observing
that the “alarming spread of
rabies among wildlife also may
pose a potential threat to
humans,” Gov. Dick Thornburgh
today signed legislation requiring
the vaccination of dogs and house
cats against the disease.
“Rabies, a dreadful disease that
always is fatal once symptoms
appear, is transmitted by wild
animals, particularly raccoons,”
Thornburgh noted. “Often these
infected wild animals infect
domestic animals with which they
come in contact, such as dogs and
cats, thus providing a potential
deadly link to the human
population.
“Many Pennsylvanians already
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Christmas Trees:
Sign Of The Season
BY BONNIE BRECHBILL
Franklin Co. Correspondent
WILLOW HILL - When retail
customers come to Elliott’s
Nursery and Christmas Tree
Farms, they seldom ask for a
specific kind of tree. Usually they
say, “We really liked the one we
had last year. We want one just
like it.”
Bill Elliott, a tall, soft-spoken
man, finds them one. “I have to do
some guessing, but usually I can
figure out what kind of tree they
had. If they say it was jaggy, it was
probably a blue spruce. If it was
soft, held its needles well, and had
a good aroma, it was a Douglas fir.
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New Column This Week
Editor’s Note; To continue the
intense effort to find new and in
novative ways to serve the farm
and agri business community in a
seven state area, Lancaster
Farming has made arrangements
to go on tine with the American
Farm Bureau’s ACRES Program
through the marketing division of
the Pennsylvania Farmers'
Association. This series of new
features will include new markets,
market analysis reports, farm
management reports, national
weather trends and a sped-up
international farm news service.
have their pets vaccinated against
rabies for the animals'
protection and to protect family
members and neighbors. Senate
Bill 562 mandates vaccinations
once every three years for all dogs
and those cats that spend a part of
any day inside a residence ”
Sponsored by Sen. Edward W
Helfnck (R-Northumberland), the
new law takes effect in 60 days.
The owner of an unvaccinated
animal covered by the law is
subject to a $3OO fine for each day
the animal is not vaccinated
Currently, 46 other states require
the vaccination of dogs, while 20
require the vaccination of cats.
All rabies vaccinations are
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The Douglas fir is the Cadillac of
Christmas trees.”
While most of his trees are sold
wholesale, he sells some retail at
the Willow Hill Motel and
Restaurant, which he and his wife,
Patncia, own. The trees sell for $8
to $25 off the lot.
Mid-December is the busiest
time of year for Christmas tree
sellers. The busy season used to be
the last few days before the
holiday, but that has changed over
the years. “Now, you can’t sell a
tree the night before Christmas. If
you have a tree on your lot Dec. 24,
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This weeks starts the Worldwide
and National Farm News Watch.
Other world countries have their
own interests. And their interests
don’t always compliment our own
desires. But we need to know the
worldwide thinking so we can plan
our own involvement in our far
ming and related businesses.
So 'watch this farm watch
column each week and look for
additional new columns as they
come fin line in the coming w ceks
Holiday
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Farming will close for the
Christmas holiday at noon
Wednesday, Dec. 24 and will
reopen at 7 a.m. Friday, Dec
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